1927. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History

The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001.


1927

The first Turkish census. The population had fallen by about 30 percent, to around 13.6 million, a drop that resulted primarily from the wars in which Turkey was embroiled between 1912 and 1923. Muslims accounted for 98 percent of the total population, about 85 percent of whom spoke Turkish as their first language. About three-quarters of the inhabitants lived in the countryside. Despite losing about a third of its 1914 population, Istanbul remained by far the largest city at about 700,000 residents.	1

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Law for the Encouragement of Industry. Determined to promote native industry, the government set aside free land for privately owned factories and mines and exempted them from land, property, and profit taxes. The Turkish government was required to make purchases from these firms regardless of their products' quality or cost.	2


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